Card-cabinet.



G. B. MELENEY.

CARD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1907.

' ,926.204, y Patented June 29,1909.

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G. B. MBLENEY.

CARD CABINET.

{1 1.10M10N FILED AUG.15,1907.

926,204. Patented June 29, 1909.

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VIII/IIIA UNITE GEORGE B. .\llCLlNlY, OF CHICAGO. lLLlNOlS.

CARD-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

.ppleation ledlAngust 15, 1907. Serial No. 388,725.

To all whom- 'i Amay; concern:

Be it known that l, Gnonen B. h'fnLnNnr,

a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Chicago, 1n the county of Cook and State of rod adjustably mounted so as to permit the use of different kinds of Garda-nas, for instance, cards which are not to bo taken from the cabinet without the withdrawal of the rod, and cards which may readily be removed by afsligh't manipulation of the rod; second, a novel form of locking arrangement for the rod; and, third, a. new clamping means for the slide or follower, whereby the latter may be easily clamped in any desired position in the drawer.

In the drawings which Aform part of this specification, Figure l is a to plan view of my improved card cabinet; Fig. 2 is a frontvieW thereof; i Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 l; Fig. 4 represents two Views in perspective, showing how differ-- cnt kinds of cards may be locked in place by my improved rod; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3, showing the rod in its horizontal or card-looking position in full lines, and in its vertical or cardrcleasing position in dotted lines; Fig. ti a cross section on` the line 6-6 of Fig. I3, (looking in the direction ofthe arrows), showing the locking arrangement between thc rod and the drawer; Fig. 7 is a View on line 7--7 of Fig. 3,

showing the position of the lug on the rod with respect to the slot when the rod is in its looked position; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the front portion of the rod; Fig. S) is a view on the line 9--9 of Fig. l, showing the. follower with my improved clamping means for securing the follower against movement, Fig. l10' is a cross sectional view of the follower taken on line lil-"1() of Fig. l; Fig. i1 is a detail view in perspective of my improved clamping means for the follower; and, Fig. 12 is a front detail view showing a modiiied form of locking arrangement between the rod and the drawer; the plateaS being indicated in dotted lines.

Referring to the d rawings, wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the drawer or cabinet l, whose front 2 may carry the usual label or index-card holder I, is provided with openings Ll and .-'i in the front and back, respectively. A llat ard-locking rod (i is adapted to bc passed through the front opening fit until the head or knob 7 ol' the rod abuis against the plate S (as shown in Fig. 3), at which time the. other extremity of the rod will preferably, though not necessarily, rest in the 4opening .3. 'llhe plate 8 is conveniently secured to the Vfront of the drawer, as by means of screws (l passing through holes l() in the plute. \s niost clearly shown in Fig. 8, the rod t3 has a rounded portion ll which lits snugly in the central opening ,l2 in the plate S when the rod is operativel)Y mounted on the drawer, as illustrated in Fig.

i3. [t will be observed that the opening l2 is slotted at 11, and that the rounded portion 1l of the rod carries a lug I4 of a shape to enable it to pass freely through the slot 13. [t will now he apparent that when it is desired either to insert the rod in place on the drawer or to withdraw the rmtfrom thc drawer, ai cording to circuinstain'es. it is only necessary to turn the rod until the lug if! registers with the opening 13. With the parts in this position, the rod is free to he moved longitudinally oneI way or the other, either for mounting on the drawer or for removal therefrom.

l't is readily seen from a mere inspection of Figs. (i and 7, that in order to lock the lod to the drawer after piaf-ing thc same in position on the drawer, as just described, one need but turn the rod to move. thc lug i4 from its position of alinenient with the slot l-, as

shown in full lines` in Fics. (i and l2 to a4 position out of alineinent with said slot, as indicated in dotted lines at I4 in Figs. (i, 7 and l2. [n order to limit the angle of movement of the lug, and thercfon` of the rod, when the parts are assembled, as shown in Fig. l, l )rovide the plate n on tlu` inside with a cyfindrical boss I5, as shown in Fig. having an opening 16 which coincides with and forms, in ell'ect, a continuation of the opening l2 in the )late 8. A sectoral portion of the upper half of this boss is rut away, leaving radial sides i7 and 1S. As may be seen from Fig. (i, the side 18 coincides with the lower edge of the slot 13. When the .rod is locked to the drawer the lug 14 rests against the side 17, and in case l use a rotated to is uniof'km position, in miie-i1 iiis ready foi removal from ih@ ii':.x.i'fm, Lbs lug 14 fasts against ihn sido i@ oi die boss L. in iii uniocked psiinon 1:06. 1s sforncaifrmi; is io soy, in vos@ use a flat rod. in to iioki to'f: Tod m sizhsroi those pe sitios@ to piove t wisdom:

'mningof the some imm po ion co ;;\,ino't`mr7 i sm- ;Loy sa, resilient bime l@ se-mirad to rho hffs 20 on the piste 8 any suilzibe mommy, As by ooiiing the ends 'the inigufn, suif-isnt distance around die ings. when dw rod o'otc-d from ons position to another, 'the lug 14 will, during its mavei about mid-my ostwen tho sides-m stops 17 amd 18' (as indimied ai; E ini 1s. :mii 12), sngzigs ixs iilade :mai sii?, {t} f Los@ ii oiobwld, fis indiciife-d in dotted .inss im said figures. Upon further mim-tion o ih@ rmi, tif-.e prsssuie npziins, 'she bis@ iiy'ti lug Wi gmduaiiy riz-1mi; at the soms ime the wii be foi-ced to one side. oi' the f. iis? i'oiii rssts the other of positions. By this simpe expedient am @nobis-d to me@ aocimb mi minion' oi the rfoii by hoidin it sithsi in its locked o? 'uniovk-s-:i posium wihou; inteierin wih die easy and refifgiy manipulation oi m e Taxi when ii; is desiz'sd to ook it to, oi unlock it il lo). '-us draws?.

. By smpioying sod, that is ons having a moss section suosaniiaiy as shown, and mounting he rmi on drawer 30 palmi?) rotation of? the wd? i obtain this advantage LWP? o&rdosi iim1s isetofore oonsiiuoie ii sometimes dos -o io use in n cuvirlot difi'srsnl kinds of is-Lto Wit, i12-rds intends-d to be pelzmmmij moi-:ofi in the aiimvsi, :md mds designed to bs wad' from the (iran-mz {v5- iis.

' milan cards 'which nimmt 'ne nikon i 'wm h drawn' (that is to of worse, Without m iiaiom unoss withdmwn. Ni the righ shown suh a. card 3Q Bgm' ih@ bottom. cards of this kind :ian ing engagomo wih drawing the rod ou?, of the hoi@ But om'ds b providrgu? o: hole 2i, :is shown the i f wodiiy i www i i improved fori imwwit'o, mei sho wo 'io Eis Unlocked or v oositizm, 'as :www: a sozod, and imaigaed in (ioyed .in 'Fim 5i With h@ :cod in this position; time 'ds uwing slotted holes cm1 be msiy withdrawn from the cabinet. it wi im obsrvmi that who; the rod is in, its loolmfi 'position oct i0 the imam', the @mds w' sottsd haies oro in s iockm posti 1 wiii zossoz to foci; nmiliimt i@ i'm is bodily i have fi. holo punched sposi-oni that im mios-smi from iodiaiis iozi'onijf amsn the 1mi 1s m in ons or ,sos

su'sh oifsims simi incv wie any 101' wrist ions und modiilcsfions oi' loc-king' :1m-mg@- bring about 11o im use wf forth m oor ment th miniem si' @i www, iai; 1s met nos? my mffson bomma,

of cords, 'be omi'sioyef! in wnjmu'tion xvizi'i 'some now to tho hrci object', of veninioif-o Wit, a new and improvori omging io the cmiiociing rod. Naim loes cannot as (uw i 1 wash@ Tosi the. foion'm against movement by,

iufonded smiv oi vibo rmi lsstm'posed betwsvn ii, f

i @si footion shown in tiona centerinY means when the parts are f; adjusted from one position to another.

being put together, the plate 23 may have a ridge 30 ada ted to slide in the slot 31 in the bottom' of t e drawer when the followelrI is due movement or possible rotation of the clampin plate 23 relative to the follower is bviat'e ,by providing a projection 32 on the' plate 23, which projection enters a recess 33 in the follower when the clamping device is being attached to the follower. The operation of my improved clamping Lmeans will now be readily understood. By

i rotation of the nut 26, the rod 24, and with it L, ythe clampingl plate 23, is vertically adjusted one way or t e other, either to draw the plate and the follower against the drawer to pre- S vent movement of the follower, or to sepa- 'rate the plate from the drawer sufficiently to permit of easy movement of the follower to any desired position in the drawer. In the event that it is desired to use a follower havc lvided with a longitudinal grooveiand slot in ing my improved clamping mechanism in connectionwith a drawer having a rod, it is only necessary to provide a suitable opening in' the follower to accommodate the rod, as

shown at 34 in Figs. 1,l 3 and 9.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by lietters Patent 1 1. lnadevice 'of the kind described, the

combination with a drawer provided with an opening at one end, having a bearing portion and an enlarged portion, situated both in the path of a single plane transverse to the longiitudinal axis of the drawer, of a rod rotatajournaled in said bearing ortion, a lug on said rod traveling in said en arged portion and engaging the ends of the saine to limit the rotary movement of the rod, and yieldable' means in the path of said lug to prevent accidental rotation of the rod from one extreme position to the other.

'2. 1n a device of the kind described, the

i combination with a drawer provided with an j opening at one end, having a bearing portieri and an enlarged portion, situated both in the path of a single plane transverse to the lonitudinal axis of thedrawer, df a rod rotataly journaled in said bearing 4iortion, a lug on said rod traveling in said enlarged portion and engaging against the ends of the saine to limit the rotary movement of the rod, and a spring blade in the path `of said lug to prevent accidental rotation of the rod from one extreme position to the other.

. 3. In, a device of the kind described, in combination, a drawer provided with a slot, a. rod having a lug coperating with said slot `bladc to copcrate with said lug for holding the rod in such locked position.

5. The combination with a drawer having a longitudinal slot in tlie bottoni thereof to one side of the center, of a follower movable in said drawer,a 4card-locking rod passing centrally through said drawer and follower, and adjustable clamping mechanism carried gr, by said' follower and extending through said slot to hohl the follower against movement.

6. ln a device of the kind described, in combination, a drawer, a flat rod oscillatably and detachably mounted in said drawer, and means for preventing oscillation of the rod beyond a certain point.

7. The combination with a drawer prothe bottom thereof to one side ofthe center, of a follower movable in said drawer, a cardlocking rod assing centrally through said drawer and follower, a rod carried by said follower and extending into said slot, a plate secured to the lower end of said rod and arranged to slide in said groove to center the movement of the follower, and means for vertically adjusting said rod whereby the plate is either firmly clamped in the groove to lock the follower against movement, or is released to perniit ready movement of the follower.

l 8. The combination with a drawer, provided with a slot in the bottom thereof, of a follower movable in said drawer and having a recess extending upward from thc lower surface thereof, a rod carried by said follower and extending into said slot, a plate secured to the lower end of said rod, said plate being rovided with a projection capable of passing through said slot and entering' the recess of the follower, and means for vertically adjusting said rod, whereby the plate is either firmly clamped against the bottom of the drawer to lock the follower against iiiovement, or is released to permit ready iiiovcment of the follower.

9. ln a device of the kind described, the combination of a drawer, a flat rod within said drawer, and means for iiorn'ially locking 125 said rod against withdrawal and arranged to permit said rod to oscillate aodto be withdiawn whenoscillated to a determined position.

10. In a device of the kind described, the 130 10 Gerd, sei' combination of a drawer, a flat red 'Within said drawer, means for nornmliy iocking said rod against Withdrawal and arranged to permit said rod to osciiiate arid to be Withdrawn when oscilia'ted t0 e determined p0- siton, a carri having a closed aperture for receivi seid red, and e card having? a. recess for said reci, said recess hef/'ing e re strced 'worden adjacent the edge 01".' the restricted portion being er Such in Witness whereof, I 'have hereunto subscribed my neme in the presence of two Wit-A messes.

v GEORGE B. MELENEY.

Wmesses z M. R. Rowman,

A. THGMAS. 

